Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 18:52:30 -0500 From: Thaddeus Quintin <tq101100@ohio.edu> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: A twisted home network Message-ID: <188996853.1044039149@[192.168.0.2]> In-Reply-To: <3E3B05AD.90805@attbi.com> References: <3E3B05AD.90805@attbi.com>
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There's plenty of information on how to install two network cards (done that), how to enable a FreeBSD box to run as a gateway, do NAT, DHCP, etc. However, I'm having a mental block with how the cards should be configured. Here's how I want my network setup- CABLE MODEM-> D-link DI-701 Residential Gateway-> FreeBSD NIC dc0 -> FreeBSD NIC ep1 -> hub -> other computers... I'd like to leave the D-Link in place, since it has a built-in firewall and I'm not ready to start testing out my rules for ipfw. The D-Link assigns IP addresses Dynamically, or I can specify them statically. By default, the D-link has an IP address of 192.168.0.1 and the IP pool goes up from there. Where I get confused is how configure my network cards. Do I need a new IP prefix for the inner network? If the FreeBSD is a gateway, technically each NIC is connected to a different subnet, right? The card that will connect to the hub will need a Static IP address, since nothing is there to give an IP address. Does each NIC know of the other, or are the routing tables separate? This seems like a simple problem, but I've been scouring the handbook, freebsd diary, and the man pages, but I can't find any good examples. Thanks a bunch! Thaddeus To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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